The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining terminal hospital records and providing a medical opinion regarding the onset of the Veteran's stomach cancer. The claim will be reconsidered after these actions.
The deciding factor: The appeal is being remanded to allow for additional evidence collection and an expert medical opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's condition.
- Claimed conditions
- adenocarcinoma of the stomach
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2015
- Citation
- 1530574
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the cause of death and exposure to herbicides.
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The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for recurrent gastritis, as he did not report for a scheduled VA examination. The case is being returned to obtain updated VA treatment records and schedule the Veteran for an examination.
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